Stagecoach Group - Stagecoach in South Wales, Southdown Motor Services, Busways Travel Services, Scottish Citylink, Brian Souter, Virgin (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Stagecoach in South Wales, Southdown Motor Services, Busways Travel Services, Scottish Citylink, Brian Souter, Virgin CrossCountry, Stagecoach bus route X5, Ayrshire Bus Owners, Western Scottish, Thames Transit, Amfibus, Northern Scottish, Ann Gloag, Robin Gloag. Excerpt: Stagecoach Group plc (LSE: SGC) is an international transport group operating buses, trains, trams, express coaches and ferries. The group was founded in 1980 by the current chairman, Brian Souter, his sister, Ann Gloag, and her former husband Robin. The group is based in Perth, Scotland, and has operations in the United Kingdom and North America. With 16% of the bus market and 25% of the rail market, including its 49% stake in Virgin Trains, and being the largest operator of light rail services, the company is the second largest transport firm in the United Kingdom, close behind First Group. Stagecoach operates around 8,100 vehicles and covers over 90 major towns and cities in Great Britain, carrying around 2.5 million passengers daily. Stagecoach UK Bus employs 18,000 people. In North America, Stagecoach owns the Coach USA and Coach Canada brands, although the Western and South Central units of the company have been sold to a two different private equity firms, now Coach America and American Coach, with other companies sold to Peter Pan and being rebranded under that name. Operations in Kenya, Malawi, Portugal, Sweden, Hong Kong and New Zealand have been sold. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange, where it is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. Stagecoach was born of deregulation in the British express coach market in the early 1980s, though its roots can be traced back to 1976 when Ann Gloag and her husband Robin set up a small motor caravan and minibus hire business called Gloagtrotter. Ann's accountant brother Brian Souter...